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1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by ...

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rounds for the South American Zone ( CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 107 teams entered the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 20 November 1975 at Guatemala City. Argentina, as the hosts, and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified ...

''. A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament.

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, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 2.5 spots open for competition between 9 teams. There would be two rounds of play: * First Round: The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. * Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other once in a neutral venue. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. The third-placed team would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Brazil advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Bolivia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Peru advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

---- ---- Brazil and Peru qualified. Bolivia advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Zico ;4 goals * Roberto Dinamite * Juan Carlos Oblitas ;3 goals * Miguel Aguilar * Carlos Aragonés * Porfirio Jiménez * José Velásquez ;2 goals * Gilberto Alves *

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* Elías Figueroa *

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* Teófilo Cubillas * Dario Pereyra * Nitder Pizzani ;1 goal * Oviedo Mezza * Toninho Cerezo * Marcelo Oliveira * Roberto Rivellino * Sergio Ahumada * Osvaldo Castro * Miguel Ángel Gamboa *

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* Carlos José Báez *

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* Washington Oliveira * Vicente Flores *

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;1 own goal * Windsor del Llano (playing against

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) * José Domingo Insfrán (playing against

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External links

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
at FIFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1978 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Conmebol) CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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